A six-year-old albino girl in Burundi is found dead with her limbs cut off, in the latest killing linked to ritual medicine.

Tanzanian albinos stage a protest against the killing of members of their community for ritual purposes.

A Malaysian husband and wife are beaten to death by relatives in a ritual apparently intended to cure a smoking addiction and an illness.

A Muslim has been found guilty of child cruelty after forcing two boys to beat themselves during a religious ceremony. The practice has caused controversy in Britain, but this is believed to be the first case to be brought before a UK court.

A man accused of forcing two boys to flog themselves until they bled at a Muslim ceremony said they were happy to perform the ritual, a court hears.

A man whipped himself until he bled during a Shia Muslim religious ceremony before allegedly forcing two boys to do the same, a court hears.

Actor Matthew McConaughey says he will plant the placenta from the birth of his son in an orchard.

This month people all over the eastern region of Nigeria are celebrating the New Yam festival

A Kenyan boy is being treated in hospital after losing part of his penis in a circumcision ritual.

An Indonesian man who murdered 42 women and girls in black magic rituals is executed by firing squad.

Ghanaian police try to reunite a boy with his family after rescuing him from what they suspect was a ritual killing.

A topping out ceremony is set to take place at Colston Hall as part of a £20m refurbishment project.

Two groups of pagans chose Barry Island over Stonehenge to hold their midsummer sacred ritual.

A Tibetan monk is creating a picture from coloured sand which will then be ritually destroyed.

There has been an increase in ritual killings in Gabon during the local election campaign, say campaigners.

It's the sort of courting ritual befitting of a future king - land a £10m Chinook helicopter in your girlfriend's garden. But are women really impressed by such a stunt, and if so, how can those of more modest means seek to recreate it?

Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw and Roald Dahl did it in sheds at the bottom of the garden. Shaw's desk was famously on castors, so he could turn it throughout the day to get maximum light. Dahl even had one of his own hip bones sitting on the desk. Every writer will have their own ritual. Kerry McKitterick examines the modus operandi of some of Ireland's favourite writers and asks: What are your Writuals?

A collector is spending the entire weekend fast-forwarding 600 cuckoo clocks for British Summer Time's arrival.

Most commentators condemn Mr Medvedev's landslide win on Sunday as a stage-managed ritual.

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